IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature

EC 2.1.1.269

Accepted name: dimethylsulfoniopropionate demethylase

Reaction: S,S-dimethyl-β-propiothetin + tetrahydrofolate = 3-(methylsulfanyl)propanoate + 5-methyltetrahydrofolate

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Glossary: S,S-dimethyl-β-propiothetin = 3-(S,S-dimethylsulfonio)propanoate

Other name(s): dmdA (gene name); dimethylsulfoniopropionate-dependent demethylase A

Systematic name: S,S-dimethyl-β-propiothetin:tetrahydrofolate S-methyltransferase

Comments: The enzyme from the marine bacteria Pelagibacter ubique and Ruegeria pomeroyi are specific towards S,S-dimethyl-β-propiothetin. They do not demethylate glycine-betaine [1,2].

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References:

1. Jansen, M. and Hansen, T.A. Tetrahydrofolate serves as a methyl acceptor in the demethylation of dimethylsulfoniopropionate in cell extracts of sulfate-reducing bacteria. Arch. Microbiol. 169 (1998) 84-87. [PMID: 9396840]

2. Reisch, C.R., Moran, M.A. and Whitman, W.B. Dimethylsulfoniopropionate-dependent demethylase (DmdA) from Pelagibacter ubique and Silicibacter pomeroyi. J. Bacteriol. 190 (2008) 8018-8024. [PMID: 18849431]

3. Schuller, D.J., Reisch, C.R., Moran, M.A., Whitman, W.B. and Lanzilotta, W.N. Structures of dimethylsulfoniopropionate-dependent demethylase from the marine organism Pelagibacter ubique. Protein Sci. 21 (2012) 289-298. [PMID: 22162093]

[EC 2.1.1.269 created 2013]


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